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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 2303534, member: 9270&quot;]I don&#039;t consider this a cherrypick.</p><p>As I understand the term it&#039;s a buyer recognizing a better coin that a seller didn&#039;t.</p><p>In my case neither of us recognized the variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is an 1862 $1 gold.</p><p>It was slabbed AU-58 by NGC.</p><p>Turns out there are 3 DD&#039;s, one DDO and two DDR&#039;s.</p><p>The one I got was the DDO.</p><p>I shipped it back to NGC and had them put the variety on it (VP-001).</p><p>[I don&#039;t even know who/what source the VP references.]</p><p>It appears that all of the DD&#039;s are rather common so my variety is worth only about 50% more than a normal strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d post my images but they are terrible; you can&#039;t see the doubling.</p><p>Must have been taken with my old point-and-shoot.</p><p>I&#039;ll see if I can do better.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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